Eric Recoon, Benderson vice
president for development and leasing, and attorney James Boglioli described a
revised plan that they said resulted from discussions with residents on their
concerns about the development and its wetlands greenspace on the old John's
Flaming Hearth/Perkins property.

The business portion of the plaza
was shifted 10 feet forward toward Military Road to allow a bigger buffer to
the wetlands greenspace at the back of the property. The greenspace will be
divided from the business portion of the development by a 12-foot wooden fence
and a row of deciduous trees. The drainage ditch within the greenspace has been
shifted 20 feet off property lines. The drainage pond on the business side of
the fence will back up to a proposed retail building and be closed off from the
rest of the plaza by a chain-link fence. The proposed retail building paralleling
the pond will do loading only on the sides or in the front.

On both sides where the business
portion abuts homeowners' properties in the Effie Drive and Ziblut Court areas,
there will be a 50-foot buffer, including a four-foot berm topped by an eight-foot,
white vinyl fence and lined with Colorado spruces. There also will be yard
drains on both sides. "Any water that runs in your back yards will be picked up
by our drainage system," Boglioli said.

Councilman Rob Clark asked if the
buffer zones could be put in place first and was told that could be done after
the grading of the property was completed.

The wetlands area will remain
controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers. Benderson will plant trees there and
give the Corps five years of maintenance reports before the area is allowed to
go wild.

Deputy Supervisor Danny Sklarski
assured homeowners the plan needs to go back to the Planning Board (at a date
to be announced in May) before coming to the Town Board for a final vote.

Recoon indicated that Benderson is
hoping to get approval as soon as possible so construction can begin this
spring, due to the area's short construction season.

Buildings will be constructed as
leases with various businesses are finalized. Currently, Goodyear Tire will
remain open and the former Perkins building will house a Five Guys restaurant
and TCBY yogurt. Near Military Road, a LongHorn Steakhouse will be constructed.

Not all residents were pleased
with the plan.

Paul Chiodo of Effie Drive, whose
property abuts the side of the business portion of the plaza, said he and a
neighbor, who had built their homes some 30 years ago, had been told by a
former supervisor that the commercial property near his home was landlocked and
not useable for business. Otherwise, he would have considered purchasing the
property, Chiodo said, concerned about the drop in his property values.

Both Recoon and Boglioli said
Benderson makes a point of maintaining its properties, green spaces and fences,
and property values have not been a problem in other developments.

Debbie Bolents of Effie Drive said
Benderson Development did take the residents' concerns into consideration and
was willing to make the improvements residents requested.

"We won't know until things are
developed and see how it affects property values," she said. "Time will tell."